Re: [dot] Tuesday announcement of Desktop Summit sponsors

[Carl Symons <carlsymons gmail com>]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Jos Poortvliet <jos opensuse org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Attached the announcements for the Desktop Summit Sponsorship. As you know,
> Intel, Collabora and SUSE will be the main (Platinum and Gold) sponsors, hence
> we'd like to let you know that these announcements will go out on the Desktop
> Summit press channels on Tuesday, 15:00 UTC.
>
> We'd appreciate it if you would either issue your own or echo these
> announcements.
>
> Any input or suggestions are of course welcome.
>
> Greetings,
> Jos Poortvliet
> & The Desktop Summit Team

MeeGo is an open source project, hosted by the Linux Foundation and
led by a steering group; it is not an Intel project. Thus, the quote
from the MeeGo Community Manager speaking for Intel is confusing and
should be clarified.

Carl

> <p>We are pleased to announce that the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin will be supported by Intel as Platinum 
> sponsor. The event also welcomes Collabora and SUSE as Gold partners. The organization is delighted with 
> the community spirit of these generous corporate partners. Mirko Boehm, Lead organizer of the Desktop 
> Summit, said: <em>"Their support is essential for the Desktop Summit's efforts to bring together Free 
> Software developers from all around the world to work in a collaborative spirit on the next generation 
> desktop technology."</em></p>
>
> <p>Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager stated: <em>"Intel is happy to sponsor the Desktop Summit as a way 
> to support the many projects that we use and contribute to on a regular basis. It's important to us to work 
> closely with open source projects - and this is one way to do that."</em></p>
>
> <p>Christian Schaller, Marketing Manager at Collabora told us: <em>"At Collabora we are excited to support 
> the Desktop Summit as we feel it is one of the core events in terms of moving the open source ecosystem 
> forward. A lot of open source innovation happens on the desktop first before being widely deployed on all 
> kinds of systems and devices. As the leader in the fields of multimedia and real time communications 
> Collabora are very much a part of that effort. We look forward to meeting up with and engaging with the 
> everyone at the Desktop Summit."</em></p>
>
> <p><em>"SUSE is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Desktop Summit 2011,"</em> said Michael Miller, vice 
> president of Global Alliances and Marketing at SUSE.<em> ?Cross
> project collaboration is a core value at SUSE and we are committed to wide interoperability and open 
> communication. Our support of openSUSE at the Desktop Summit demonstrates our continued commitment to a 
> strong Free and Open Source ecosystem."</em></p>
>
> <p>Aside from the Platinum and Gold sponsors, we are happy to welcome the following Silver sponsors for 
> this event:
> <ul>
> <li>Canonical</li>
> <li>Google</li>
> <li>Igalia</li>
> <li>The Linux Foundation</li>
> <li>Qt</li>
> <li>Red Hat</li>
> </ul>
> </p>
>
> <p>The following are our Bronze level sponsors:
> <ul>
> <li>Lanedo</li>
> <li>Mozilla</li>
> <li>openshine</li>
> </ul>
> </p>
>
> <p>Their support is greatly appreciated</p>
>
> <p>Our media partners for the Desktop Summit will be golem.de and Linux Magazine</p>
>
> <p>The organizing team would like to thank our sponsors on behalf of the GNOME and KDE communities! We are 
> still looking for more sponsors, please contact us if you are interested (details below).</p>
>
> <h2>About the Desktop Summit</h2>
>
> <p>GUADEC (GNOME Users And Developers European Conference) and Akademy (KDE annual world summit) are the 
> world's largest gatherings of people involved in Free Desktop and mobile user interfaces. Over a thousand 
> participants are expected at the Desktop Summit this year, covering both the GNOME and KDE projects as well 
> as related technologies. Organizers welcome developers, artists, translators, community organizers, users 
> and representatives from government, education, businesses. Anyone who shares an interest in a Free Desktop 
> is encouraged to participate.</p>
>
> <p>GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the user interfaces of many Linux-powered 
> devices--smartphones, laptops, desktops, personal media centers. 2011 is the second summit organized 
> collaboratively by the two communities.</p>
>
> <h2>Contact</h2>
> <p>Contact information of the Desktop Summit team can be found on <a 
> href="https://www.desktopsummit.org/contact";>www.desktopsummit.org/contact</a>. For press inquiries please 
> contact Jos Poortvliet, <a href="jospoortvliet gmail com">jospoortvliet gmail com</a>, phone +31622377545.
>
> <p>If you would like to discuss sponsorship, please contact us: <a href="mailto:ds-sponsoring desktopsummit 
> org">ds-sponsoring desktopsummit org</a></p>
> Intel, Collabora and SUSE to be main sponsors of the Desktop Summit
>
> We are pleased to announce that the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin will be supported by Intel as Platinum 
> sponsor. The event also welcomes Collabora and SUSE as Gold partners. The organization is delighted with 
> the community spirit of these generous corporate partners. Mirko Boehm, Lead organizer of the Desktop 
> Summit, said: "Their support is essential for the Desktop Summit's efforts to bring together Free Software 
> developers from all around the world to work in a collaborative spirit on the next generation desktop 
> technology."
>
> Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager stated: "Intel is happy to sponsor the Desktop Summit as a way to 
> support the many projects that we use and contribute to on a regular basis. It's important to us to work 
> closely with open source projects - and this is one way to do that."
>
> Christian Schaller, Marketing Manager at Collabora told us: "At Collabora we are excited to support the 
> Desktop Summit as we feel it is one of the core events in terms of moving the open source ecosystem 
> forward. A lot of open source innovation happens on the desktop first before being widely deployed on all 
> kinds of systems and devices. As the leader in the fields of multimedia and real time communications 
> Collabora are very much a part of that effort. We look forward to meeting up with and engaging with the 
> everyone at the Desktop Summit."
>
> "SUSE is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Desktop Summit 2011," said Michael Miller, vice president of 
> Global Alliances and Marketing at SUSE. ?Cross project collaboration is a core value at SUSE and we are 
> committed to wide interoperability and open communication. Our support of openSUSE at the Desktop Summit 
> demonstrates our continued commitment to a strong Free and Open Source ecosystem."
>
> Aside from the Platinum and Gold sponsors, we are happy to welcome the following Silver sponsors for this 
> event:
> Canonical
> Google
> Igalia
> The Linux Foundation
> Qt
> Red Hat
>
> The following are our Bronze level sponsors:
> Lanedo
> Mozilla
> openshine
>
> Their support is greatly appreciated!
>
> Our media partners for the Desktop Summit will be golem.de and Linux Magazin.
>
> The organizing team would like to thank our sponsors on behalf of the GNOME and KDE communities! We are 
> still looking for more sponsors, please contact us if you are interested (details below).
>
> About the Desktop Summit
>
> GUADEC (GNOME Users And Developers European Conference) and Akademy (KDE annual world summit) are the 
> world's largest gatherings of people involved in Free Desktop and mobile user interfaces. Over a thousand 
> participants are expected at the Desktop Summit this year, covering both the GNOME and KDE projects as well 
> as related technologies. Organizers welcome developers, artists, translators, community organizers, users 
> and representatives from government, education, businesses. Anyone who shares an interest in a Free Desktop 
> is encouraged to participate.
>
> GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the user interfaces of many Linux-powered 
> devices--smartphones, laptops, desktops, personal media centers. 2011 is the second summit organized 
> collaboratively by the two communities.
>
> Contact
>
> Contact information of the Desktop Summit team can be found on www.desktopsummit.org/contact. For press 
> inquiries please contact Jos Poortvliet, jospoortvliet gmail com, phone +31622377545.
>
> If you would like to discuss sponsorship, please contact us: ds-sponsoring desktopsummit org